Health: translated information
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Alzeimers
Asthma
| Arabic | Bosnian | Chinese | Croatian | Greek | Gujarati |
| Hindi | Indonesian | Italian | Japanese | Macedonian | |
| Spanish | Sudanese | Vietnamese |
Cancer
Health Translations Directory
Victorian Government
39 resources on cancer in a variety of languages
Breast Screening
Breast Screen Victoria
Information in 12 languages
| Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | Greek | Italian | Macedonian |
| Polish | Russian | Serbian | Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Cervical cancer and pap smears
Pap Screen Victoria
Resources in a variety of languages about Pap tests, HPV and cervical cancer, as well as brochures, information sheets and posters.
Multilingual cancer phoneline
Cancer Council of Victoria
Callers can listen to cancer information recorded in their own language. They can also connect to a cancer nurse, assisted by an interpreter.
Cancer Directory
Cancer Council NSW
Cancer Directory provides a comprehensive online directory of Australian cancer care resources in English and several community languages.
To search more than 700 information items, please select 'cancer type' then select 'language'.
Child health
Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne
Useful links on various topics including picture based resources and translated information
Child safety
NSW Health
Facts sheets on child safety
| Arabic | Chinese | Dari | Khmer | Korean | Macedonian |
| Mandarin | Persian | Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Chronic disease: programs
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland
Dental health
Dental Health Services Victoria
| Arabic | Chinese | English | Greek | Italian | Macedonian |
| Somali | Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Diabetes
| Arabic | Chinese Traditional | Chinese Simplified | Greek | Italian | Korean |
| Spanish | Turkish | Urdu | Vietnamese |
Diseases and conditions
Victorian Government Health Information
68 resources on a variety of conditions in a range of languages
Drug education
| Arabic | Chinese Traditional | Croatian | Greek | Italian | Macedonian |
| Maltese | Polish | Russian | Serbian (Cyrillic) | Serbian (Latin) | Spanish |
Drugs
Alchohol and other drugs
NSW Government Health Department
Drug information in 23 languages
State Library of NSW
The guide includes information on a range of drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, methamphetamines, hallucinogens and cannabis. It also covers drug effects, driving, treatment, pregnancy, drugs and the law and where to go for help and further information
Australian Greek Welfare Society
Several information sheets on drugs and alchohol available in the Greek language
Health: many topics
Diversity Health Institute Resources
Useful multilingual health information on many topics
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Resources in 64 languages
Health checks
NSW Refugee Health Service
This resource provides recently arrived African communities with clear information about health checks and procedures in Australia. The online DVD is available in English, Dinka, Kirundi and Swahili
Health Translations Directory
Victorian Government
68 resources on a variety of conditions in mny languages
NSW Public Schools
Translated information in 47 languages for parents and carers on diabetes, drugs, diseases and conditions
Healthy eating
Healthy eating and living in Australia
Foundation House
Information to Shop Well, Eat Well and Feel Well – pamphlets targeted to people shortly after they have arrived in Australia, available in various community languages
| Arabic | Bosnian | Croatian | Serbian | Somali | English |
Heart
Victorian Government Health Information
A wide range of translated information topics about heart health in several languages
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis & sexual health
Multilingual sexual health brochures
Marie Stopes International Australia
Translated information in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese
Immunisation: translated sheets
Victorian Government health information
| Arabic | Bosnian | Burmese | Chinese | Croatian | Dari |
| Farsi | Greek | Indonesian | Italian | Japanese | Karen |
| Khmer | Korean | Macedonian | Maltese | Polish | Russian |
| Serbian | Sinhala | Somali | Spanish | Thai | Turkish |
| Vietnamese |
Macular degeneration: translated information
Macular Degeneration Foundation
| Arabic | Chinese | Greek | Italian | Vietnamese |
Medicare: translated information
Information kits
Kit in 19 languages for new arrivals to Australia with information about health programs, including Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
| Arabic | Bosnian | Chinese | Croatian | Dinka | Farsi |
| Greek | Hindi | Indonesian | Italian | Khmer | Korean |
| Macedonian | Russian | Serbian | Spanish | Tagalog | Turkish |
| Vietnamese |
Medicines
Managing your medicine
Multilingual Health Communication Service
A variety of factsheets about medicines and their use in the following languages
| Arabic | Chinese Traditional | English | Greek | Italian | Macedonian |
| Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Translated information about medicines
National Prescription Service
| Arabic | Chinese Simplified | Chinese Traditional | Croatian | Greek | Italian |
| Korean | Macedonian | Spanish | Vietnamese |
Talking about medicines
NSW Refugee Health Service
This audio resource discusses the safe use of medications in Southern Sudanese Arabic, Dinka and Krio
Mental health
Beyond Blue
Information about depression in many languages
Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
Three brochures translated in 7 languages
The best for me and baby: for women with a mental health problem or mental illness - and their partners - who are thinking about having a baby, are new parents or are about to have a baby
Family talk tips and information: for parents with mental health problems, their children, other family members and support people
Piecing the puzzle together: for people living with a mental health problem or mental illness, whose children are aged between 2 and 7 years
| Arabic | Chinese | Dinka | Hindi | Spanish | Swahili |
| Vietnamese |
Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre
| Arabic | Bosnian | Chinese | Croatian | English | Filipino |
| Greek | Hmong | Indonesian | Italian | Khmer | Macedonian |
| Maltese | Persian | Polish | Punjabi | Russian | Samoan |
| Serbian | Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Startts
NSW Service for the treatment and rehabilitation of torture and trauma survivors
| Albanian | Arabic | Bosnian | Chinese | Croatian | Dari/Farsi |
| English | Karen | Khmer | Serbian | Spanish | Tamil |
| Vietnamese |
NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Refugees
NSW Refugee Health Service
Translated resources to promote the health of people from a refugee background living in NSW by assisting refugees, and the health professionals who work with them.
| Arabic | Assyrian | Burmese | Chinese | Dari | Dinka |
| English | Karen | Korean | Kurdish | Persian | Serbian |
| Somali | Spanish | Thai | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Women's health
Search also under a specific health topic such as cancer
Multicultural Centre for Womens Health
The centre provides an online subject guide to the resources held in their library in over 70 languages
Youth health
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia
Audio clips for young people about healthy lifestyle choices
| Arabic | Cantonese | Dari | Mandarin | Persian |
Sexual health for young deaf people
The Deaf Society of NSW
Online information available in Auslan
